Pakistan Starts Vaccination Campaign To Protect Children From Polio After Surge In Cases

The AP (10/28, Ahmed) reports, “Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in one of the two countries where it has never been eradicated.” The vaccination “campaign is the third this year and will continue until Sunday ‘in response to the alarming increase in polio cases,’ said Ayesha Raza Farooq, the prime minister’s adviser for the polio eradication program.” Throughout “the door-to-door campaign, children younger than 5 will be vaccinated and given drops of Vitamin A supplements to enhance their immunity.”